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           ButSirTristramlightlysmoteone’sheadoff,andsorelywoundedtheother,andmadehimbearhisfellow’sbodytotheking.AtthatthekingdissembledandhidfromSirTristramthattheknightsweresentbyhim;yetmorethaneverhehatedhiminsecret,andsoughttoslayhim.

           Soonacertainday,bytheassentofSirAndret,afalseknight,andfortyotherknights,SirTristramwastakenprisonerinhissleepandcarriedtoachapelontherocksabovetheseatobecastdown.Butastheywereabouttocasthimin,suddenlyhebrakehisbondsasunder,andrushingatSirAndret,tookhisswordandsmotehimdowntherewith.Then,leapingdowntherockswherenonecouldfollow,heescapedthem.Butoneshotafterhimandwoundedhimfullsorelywithapoisonedarrowinthearm.

           Anon,hisservantGovernale,withSirLambegussoughthimandfoundhimsafeamongtherocks,andtoldhimthatKingMarkhadbanishedhimandallhisfollowerstoavengeSirAndret’sdeath.SotheytookshipandcametoBrittany.

           NowSirTristram,sufferinggreatanguishfromhiswound,wastoldtoseekIsoude,thedaughteroftheKingofBrittany,forshealonecouldcuresuchwounds.WhereforehewenttoKingHowell’scourt,andsaid,“Lord,Iamcomeintothiscountrytohavehelpfromthydaughter,formentellmenonebutshemayhelpme.”AndIsoudegladlyofferingtodoherbest,withinamonthhewasmadewhole.

           Whileheabodestillatthatcourt,anearlnamedGripmadewaruponKingHowell,andbesiegedhim;andSirKayHedius,theking’sson,wentforthagainsthim,butwasbeateninbattleandsorewounded.